PAP MPs rebut Workers' Party Chairman

• Rock^Star

  2 Mar 11, 03:27

  chris de souza was my senior in sch.....why produce this kind of MP huh lol.

• tranquilice

  2 Mar 11, 10:22

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Nonsense.

   

  Increasing GST is to help the poor.

   

  I don't know how they do it, but I believe them because they tell me to trust them.

   

   

  Of course, they cannot tell you that part of it will go into their salary.

• tranquilice

  2 Mar 11, 10:31

  Originally posted by Junyang700:

  PAP MPs rebut Workers' Party Chairman
  

  
  A small battle of words emerged during the debate on Budget 2011, as MPs from the ruling People's Action Party rebutted criticism by Workers' Party Chairman Low Thia Khiang. 
  
  Source:
  http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4675238
  

  Get your facts right!

  Low Thia Khiang is not the chairman of Workers' Party.

  http://wp.sg/our-organisation/executive-council/

   

• Kaizer56

  2 Mar 11, 19:56

  Just a casual remark by Mr Low,n he was verbally attacked by 5 PAP "dogs",this show how mean n petty those PAP ministers are.

• swee_heng

  2 Mar 11, 20:15

  Seriously , what Mr Low says was actually correct , reducing GST not only benefit the rich but also benefit the poor , to the poor and rich , they pay lesser in taxes for all their necessary utilities. Somemore , today in the radio 883 news , shamugam says that Mr Low's idea only benefit the rich as PAP gets alot of money from the rich , but what the poor gets? Nothing!! Shamugam also claim that the government have given out a lot of packages and budgets to the poor.... I wonder how true this is?

  I can say PAP is uttering rubbish.

  To all singaporeans , please consider and think carefully before you cross out the box during this year's GE on 28 May.

• tranquilice

  2 Mar 11, 20:32

  Originally posted by swee_heng:

  Seriously , what Mr Low says was actually correct , reducing GST not only benefit the rich but also benefit the poor , to the poor and rich , they pay lesser in taxes for all their necessary utilities. Somemore , today in the radio 883 news , shamugam says that Mr Low's idea only benefit the rich as PAP gets alot of money from the rich , but what the poor gets? Nothing!! Shamugam also claim that the government have given out a lot of packages and budgets to the poor.... I wonder how true this is?

  I can say PAP is uttering rubbish.

  To all singaporeans , please consider and think carefully before you cross out the box during this year's GE on 28 May.

  No need to consider and think carefully, just put a cross in the opposition box. We do not want to see a 99% PAP parliament.

   

• Clivebenss

  2 Mar 11, 21:15

  Originally posted by Kaizer56:

  Just a casual remark by Mr Low,n he was verbally attacked by 5 PAP "dogs",this show how mean n petty those PAP ministers are.

  that's why PAP dun want that many oppositions in parliament. A casual remark needs 5 barking dogs, if more they need more barking dogs.

  

• Lazybumy

  2 Mar 11, 22:45

  Seen like there are misquota by our media, from what I understand opp is suggesting a drop/remove of GST for basic need and maybe a increase in GST for the luxury items.  This is actually practice in all countries (except SG) that have GST (or VAT which some countries call it).  some examples of basic need is like sugar/salt/medical service (which not include plastic) etc.  Another example is like food in high class places will be subjected to GST whereas normal place like school canteen etc will not be charge GST.

   

  This idea come in so that it will not impact the lower income as they dun really have the cash for luxury items.

• Vote PAP OUT to Save SG

  2 Mar 11, 23:58

  Originally posted by ClockworkDude:

  nowadays i cant be bothered to read the news during election time. full of propaganda make me angry only.

  After budget released, PAP started to increase their elections propaganda on state media. 

  All of PAP's elections propaganda must be severely attacked, criticised, exposed and destroyed.

• kira.sg

  3 Mar 11, 12:10

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  that's why PAP dun want that many oppositions in parliament. A casual remark needs 5 barking dogs, if more they need more barking dogs.

  

  
  This is the reason why we need to put more human into the parliament to kick the dogs.

• kira.sg

  3 Mar 11, 12:29

  Originally posted by Vote PAP OUT to Save SG:

  I am amazed that such a worthless party like PAP with no popular support whatsoever can stay in power for so long.

  I also don't know why 66% of the voters supported them.

• kira.sg

  3 Mar 11, 12:54

  Who benefited the most from the GST?

  It's not the rich nor the poor.

  It's the government.

  The number of the poor plus the middle-class is far greater than the rich.

  Who is paying more?

  Who need the money(amount paid to GST) more?

  The rich don't need that small amount of money. The poor and the middle-class see it as a substantial amount.

  Don't forget, the jobless, elderly and  children are also paying the GST.

   

• Clivebenss

  3 Mar 11, 12:56

  Originally posted by kira.sg:

  Who benefited the most from the GST?

  It's not the rich nor the poor.

  It's the government.

  The number of the poor plus the middle-class is far greater than the rich.

  Who is paying more?

  Who need the money(amount paid to GST) more?

  The rich don't need that small amount of money. The poor and the middle-class see it as a substantial amount.

  Don't forget, the jobless, elderly and  children are also paying the GST.

   

  GST is a regressive tax. It hit harder on the poor than the rich.

• Rock^Star

  3 Mar 11, 13:03

  There's so much wayang in parliament now....as many as 50 MPs "debating" about it. Funny shit......why debate about it when it's been cast in stone and not before? Fuck! What kind of parliament is this?

• kira.sg

  3 Mar 11, 13:04

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  GST is a regressive tax. It hit harder on the poor than the rich.

  
  Agree.

  GST should reduced to 3%.

• Nelstar

  3 Mar 11, 13:15

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  GST is a regressive tax. It hit harder on the poor than the rich.

  
  GST is a progressive tax. It progressively makes the people dislike the Gov.

  

• Clivebenss

  3 Mar 11, 13:34

  Originally posted by Nelstar:

  
  GST is a progressive tax. It progressively makes the people dislike the Gov.

  

  if you say so.

• charlize

  3 Mar 11, 17:50

  Originally posted by Nelstar:

  
  GST is a progressive tax. It progressively makes the people dislike the Gov.

  

  Alternatively, it progressively makes the Gov collecting the taxes happier.

• Edd1

  3 Mar 11, 18:01

  I think after Election GST rises to 10-12%...then tax all increase..Maybe by 2030 GST rise to 50%....then we all bankrupt.

• Vote PAP OUT to Save SG

  3 Mar 11, 18:06

  Originally posted by Edd1:

  I think after Election GST rises to 10-12%...then tax all increase..Maybe by 2030 GST rise to 50%....then we all bankrupt.

  After elections the GST will increase to 9% or 10% if we follow the trend of previous elections.

   

   

  TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2006

  Questioning The GST Increase

   

  
  I, and I suppose most of you all were too, was greatly surprised (in a mildly unpleasant way) by PM Lee's, who is concurrently Finance Minister, announcement yesterday in Parliament that the Goods & Services tax (GST) will be increased from its current 5% to 7% as a means of increasing the Government's income to finance its increased expenditure to help the less well-off in Singapore's society.
  
  However, despite my surprise, I did not give this issue much thought, due to my mind being preoccupied by my upcoming Post No. 93, until I saw the sub-headline for the news report on the GST increase in today's 《è�”å�ˆæ—©æŠ¥ã€‹/“Lianhe Zaobao”. And that sub-headline was: “政府开æº�，致力扶贫”, which can be roughly translated into English as “Government increases its income to help the less well-off”.
  
  The reason why this sub-headline caught my eye is that it reminded me of this Chinese idiom of “å¼€æº�节æµ�”, which can be roughly translated into English as “Increasing income, reducing expenditure”. With this idiom in mind, a series of questions started to emerge in my mind about the GST increase.

  
  

  http://searchingforenlightenment.blogspot.com/2006/11/questioning-gst-increase.html

• charlize

  3 Mar 11, 18:25

  Increasing GST is to help the poor!

• Edd1

  3 Mar 11, 18:30

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  chris de souza was my senior in sch.....why produce this kind of MP huh lol.

  Really?? Some of the MPs from ACS...

• Vote PAP OUT to Save SG

  3 Mar 11, 18:31

  Before elections, PAP won't increase GST.

  After elections, PAP will increase GST.

• Nelstar

  3 Mar 11, 19:45

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Increasing GST is to help the poor!

  Poor=Government

  

• Wiser

  3 Mar 11, 20:00

  Zero GST for the poor and middle income, tax the rich 20% , 50% for their purchase of luxury wines, mercs, yacht, branded goods and clothes for all i care.

  How does the GST be re-distributed to the poor ? any stats to support. Which home get $$$.

   

  Also why still need so many charity shows if GST can help the poor ?